Watership Down
- Author Richard Adams
- Narrator Peter Capaldi
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 17 hours and 31 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rodents and rabbits.
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Price p/Title
- £7.99
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What to expect
One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival.
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits.
As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.
A stirring epic of courage and survival against the odds, Watership Down has become a beloved classic for all ages. Both an exciting adventure story and an involving allegory about freedom, ethics, and human nature, it has delighted generations with its unique and charming world, winning many awards and being adapted to film, television, and theater.
Critics Review
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“Marvelous…A powerful new vision of the great chain of being.”
New York Times Book Review -
“Spellbinding…A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do.”
Chicago Tribune -
“If there is no place for Watership Down in children’s bookshops, then children’s literature is dead.”
The Economist (London) -
“A classic…A great book.”
Los Angeles Times -
“Veteran character actor Peter Capaldi is the perfect choice to narrate Blackstone Audio’s new version of Watership Down…His crisp, woolly rasp confides with a homey, avuncular quality, capturing the wonder in Adams’s rich descriptions of the English countryside in a way that recaptures the intimacy of being read to as a child. He ably handles the exotic, wuffy-fluffy Lapine vocabulary of the rabbits…and the whole cast with skill reminiscent of Jim Dale’s legendary Harry Potter recordings. This is pure audiobook magic for any age.”
Seattle Times (audio review) -
“Narrator Peter Capaldi’s resonant voice is perfect for this rerelease of Adams’s 1972 epic. Besides his natural Scottish accent, Capaldi crafts more than twenty distinctive voices for this story…Capaldi delivers a riveting version of this wonderful classic. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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